Register



REGISTER I Filed May 16, 193

Patentecl Nov. 6, 1934 REGISTER Lloyd E. Heasley, Holland, Mich.,assignor to Hart i & Cooley Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Ill., a

corporation of Delaware Application May '16,'193z, Serial No. 611,579

4 Claims.

This invention 'relates to registers 'or the like for the purpose ofpassing air, for example, at the Outlet of .furnace Warm air ppes, theregister being located in the wall or floor and having a grating for'the air to pass through in going from the furnace casing through Warmair pipes-to the rooms which are heated' by'the furnace. It is a primaryobject and purpose of the present invention to provide a very practical,serviceable and exceptionally economical construction-of register, onewhich may be readilyand easily constructed at low cost and which may beset flush with the Wall or fioor of a room making a clean and sightlyJoint.

A further object of the invention is to construct the register ofcommercial forms of ron which may be cut and stamped to form and veryreadily assembled in an economical manner, 'and to provide a registerframe in which a register grate may be installediafter the frame hasbeen installed and Which, at its outer face, Will be in the same planewith the surface of the Wall or floor in which the register is installedand in the same plane with the edges of the sideL and end frame members.

An understanding of the invention may be had from the followingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, inWhich,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, with a part of the register gratebroken'away, showing the register. of my invention installed in avertical wall Fig. 2 is a somewhat enlarged elevation of the registerframe. I,

Fg. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged horizontal section through one end ofthe register asinstalled inawall,asinFig.l. m, i,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of i one corner of the registerframe, i* :I

Figs. 5 and 6 are. similar perspective views showing a slightlydifferent form of structure in the frame, and

Fig. 7 is alike view showing a still further modification. i

Like reference characters refer to like parts iny the different figuresof the, drawing.

The register frame has parallel sides, preferably of angle iron, havinglegs or flanges 1 and 2 at right angles to each other. The ends are madefrom similar angle iron forms, having legs or fianges 3 and 4 at rightangles to each other. The ends of the flanges 3 are severed for a shortdistance from the flanges 4 and are pressed outwardly so as to offsetthe end portions 5 a short distance out of the plane of the flanges 3.The ends of the flanges or legs 1 of the sides of the frame aresimilarly severed and pressed and offset a greater distance, making thesections 6 which, When the parts are assembled into a rectangular frame,permit the parts 6 to pass over the parts 5 and bear thereagainst withall of the fianges l and 3 in the same plane. The Contacting parts 5 and6 at the corners may be secured together in any suitable manner, as byspot welding, and have alined openings interiorly threaded through them,as indicated at '7. All Contacting edges of the metal of the sides andends of the frame may be secured together in any suitable manner toprovide a rigid frame as by brazing, welding or other equivalentprocess. The grate 8 may comprise a flat plate of metal having spacedopenings therein, as shown, and the thickness of the metal of the plateis equal to the distance between the edges of the flanges 2 and 4 of theframe and the outer sides of the parts 6; whereby when the grating plateis located Within the frame it lies flush therewith. Short screws 9 passthrough the corners of the grate 8 into the threaded openings 7, servingto detachably secure the grate in place as is evident.

They register frame is located in a wall, or it may be located on afloor. When located in the wall as shown in Fig. 1 it is Secured inplace before the plastering at 10 has been applied and, in practice, theframe opening is filled with a cardboard sheet 11 (Fig. 3) flush withthe edges of Vthe fianges 2 and 4. The plasterng may be done withoutaffecting the grate 8 Which is not applied untilv aftery the plasteringhas been 'completed The cardboard sheet 11 is merely taken from theframe and the grate applied and screws at 9 driven into place and theassembly is complete.

When the register is located horizontally in a floor it is placed aroundan opening through the sub-floor and Secured to said sub-floor afterwhich the flooring to make the upper finished side of the floor is laid,its thickness being such as to bring the upper surface of the floor inthe same plane with the edges of the fianges 2 and 4; and the grate maybe added by removing the cardboard sheet ll as previously described.

In Fig. 5 a modification in structure is shown, wherein the side and endframe members do not have the end portions of the lower i'langespartially severed and offset to another plane. The flange la extends thefull length of the flange 2 of the side member and is in the same planethroughout its entire length. The flange Sa is cut away at one end adistance equal to the width of the flange la, whereby the parts may bebrought together With the flanges la and 3a in the same plane. A nut 12with a screw threaded opening 'Ya therethrough is located in each cornerof the frame and Secured in place by welding or the like. The upper sideof the nut 12 lies below the edges of the fianges l2 and 4 a distanceequal. to the thickness of thegrating plate 8 which'completes theregister. i v

In Fig. 6 the same construction is used except that the flange 2 of eachside of the frame at each end of the flange is extended andthen bentinwardly at right angles, as at 13, to overlap the adjacent end portionof the flange 4 of an end' member of the frame, being Secured thereto byWelding, brazing or equivalent fastening means.

In Fig. 7 a still further form .of the invention is shown. Instead ofoffsetting the parts 5 and 6 at the end of the fianges 3 and l-'a'sin-fFigo-i, the fianges lb and Bb lie in the same .plane at the cornersof the frame but at a short distance from each corner are pressed toprovide substantially inverted U-shaped risers 14,- eachfiof Which lhasa'screw threaded opening 'lb at its upper side. And as in all the othervStructures, the upper Vsides of the risers 14 lie below the edges of theflanges 2 and 4 a distance equal to the thicknessof the grate plate 8.The only difference that has to be made in the plate 8 is to provide twoscrew openings, one for each of the screw threaded openings 7D, adjacenteach corner of the plate.

As previously described in installing, the frame 'is first placed inposition on the floor or against -the Wall in conjunction with theopenings through vthe Wall 'orfloor to-which a furnace pipe leads,

using the usual boot under the floor or in the wall to' connect Withthefurnace pipe, the frame is filled With ya cardboard filler 11, the wallyor the floor is'finished asby plastering or'by laying the finishingcover 'forthe -floor flush With-the edges of 'the'flanges 2 and 4, thecardboard 11 is removed and the grate then quickly Securedin place.

-Thisform of register saves'labor in install'ing, there is no danger ofdefacing or otherwise affecting the outer surface of the grate plateused, and

'the construction of the frame is'of a very economical nature.The-material from which the-sides qandends are made is bought as astockf-article and is-very quickly cut and stamped to form and readilyassembled, while the plate-8 may have its grate openings cuttherethrough very quickly fandeasily, This together With the simplicityand economy of assembly'and with the result of se- .curing-the registerflush in the Wall-cr floor com- .bine to make the same of merit-which.has been proved byitspractical success and adoption. The Vinventionisdefined-in the appended claimsand .is to-.be considered comprehensiveof all .forms of structure comingwithin their scople.

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wardly pressed portions having threaded openings therethrough, a gratingplate located Within the frame and restingi against said support andscrews passinglthroughthe corners of the grating plate .andinto threadedopenings, as specified.

2. A register comprising, an outer supporting frame'having'sidesf-andends With flanges located atright-angles to each other, the innerflanges of said 'frame lying in the same plane and the louter 'fiangesvsurrounding said frame and extending outwardly from said inner fianges,each of the inner flanges of -each ofthe ends of said frame-at each-endthereof having a portion located outwardly from the xplane of said innerfianges, Yandleach of the-sides of -vsaid frame at eachend thereofhaving va similar portion located .outwardly agreater distance from theplane of lthe inner "fianges to .thereby overlap and bear against said'outwardlyilocated portions at the Vends-of the frame,1said'overlappingi portions'having -alined wthreaded i-openings therethrough,a gratingk plate locatedwithin the outer flanges and hearing against theoutermost of said portions 'at thecornerswoffthef-frame, Vand vscrewspassing vthrough the corners :of said rplate into said threadedopenings.

y3. VA register comprising a rectangular frame formed'of membersgthemembers Lof the frame being pressed 'outwardly at the corners andoverlapping to form supports at the'corners of the frame, said outwardlyVpressed portions having alined threaded openings therethrough, 'a grat-'ing Iplate located over the frame and resting against the supports andscrews passing through the corners of ythe 'grating 'plate and into thethreaded openings, as specified.

4.. A register comprising, a rectangular frame formed of members havingflanges, one of the flanges of the'sides and ends lying in the sameplane and the other flanges of the sides and ends proj ectingl''outwardly therefrom, said first' mentioned flanges being pressedoutwardly to form Vsupports at the cornersfof the frame, a gratingplateslocatedwithin the frame'and resting on 'said supports, fasteningmeans .Ipassing through the cornersV of saidgratingplate 'and saidsupports, as specified.

,, I v LLOY'D E. HEASIJEY.

